If you have a fear of contamination we do the same thing but switch dirt for the spider. If it’s speaking in public, you give me a speech and we work up from there. Such exposure therapy is also part of treatment for trauma (you telling your story of victimization is one potentially feared stimulus to engage). Exposure can even be used in treating personality disorders. For example, a narcissist may become accustomed to failure if exposed to it in manageable doses and processed with a skilled therapist. Of course, some exposures are trickier than others because the feared stimulus is not
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